By Jim Symcox on Jan 7, 2010 in Manchester, Manchester Life, Manchester Traffic | 0 Comments
This last week has been great fun. I’ve had the privilege of building a snowman with my children and having snowball fights with them. Later in the week my eldest took my two youngest sledging. And they came back cold, damp and filled with glee. And even the fact that I’ve had to clear my [...]
By Jim Symcox on Oct 20, 2009 in Manchester, Manchester History, Manchester Life, Schools | 0 Comments
Clayton Hall museum looks like a great new school curriculum resource for the Victorian period. It’s about to be opened for exactly that purpose. Volunteers with help from Manchester Leisure have been decorating and finding appropriate furniture to show how the hall might have looked during Victorian times. They’ve even had the kitchen range re-installed [...]